pantaloon

/ˈpæntəˌlun/

Other forms: pantaloons

Use the word pantaloon if you're looking for a more colorful term for your pants or trousers.

This is an excellent word choice if you're looking for a more elegant designation than "baggy pants." We get the word from French, which got it from a foolish comic character in Italian commedia dell'arte, Pantalone. It sounds old-fashioned now, but long ago most men wore pantaloons, loose trousers that gathered near the knee. As time went on, the word pantaloon was shortened in the United States to pants.

Definitions of pantaloon

1. noun

   trousers worn in former times
   type of:

   pant, trouser

   (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately